Foraging activity in Plebeia remota, a stingless bees species, is influenced by the reproductive state of a colony

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nunes Silva, Patrícia ^a   Hilário, Sergio Dias ^a   Santos Filho, Pérsio De Souza ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA REMOTA;

EID: 84856951639     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/241204     Document Type: Article

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